Small supply runs from a planet’s surface to a nearby orbital station have become commonplace. With bigger ships focusing more on the long-haul, the Reliant’s standard ‘Kore’ loadout gives it enough carrying capacity for starting out with smaller runs while complementing MISC’s Hull-series as a long-haul support ship. The Reliant is a light freighter developed by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern (MISC) as a versatile and agile entry to the intro-level ship market. The series was introduced in 2946 as a follow-up to the Freelancer design. Like the Freelancer, the Reliant Kore integrates a variety of Xi’an technologies and design aesthetics including a vertical flight mode. Variants include the Sen research ship, the Tana fighter and the Mako broadcast suite.
Here is a short history of publications about the series from the RSI website.
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